IJO ATREATISE 



but by procuring the fatisfatfion (he defireth ; and this 

 with all the power, and totall incl (nation of her adivity and 

 poffibility. This then, being the temper of a difordered iepa- 

 jaced foule, it is eafie to conceive, what t fad condition luch 

 an one reroaineth then in ; which is infinitely more, rhen 

 any afflkiion that can happen to a man in this world : for 

 finee, even here, allourjoyes arid griefes, doe proceed from 

 qur foule; wee muft needes-allow, that whemfhee (Kail bee 

 from, the burthen of her body (which doth exceedingly im- 

 peach,, and Jimit her operations, .and activity,) all her teutons 

 will be then farre greater and more efficacious. 

 But becaufe this point is of higheft confequence, wee may 



The fundamental not (lightly paflTe it over ; out we will endeavoar, if we can, 

 rcafon why as wcl to difcovcr che woflderfull efncacie and force of a Separated 

 happinefle a mi- ( o]1 \ cs operations ; that from thence wee may the better coi- 



five ta iVncxe le ^> hovv ^ rear her ha PP incfle or mifery will bee in the next 

 life. life. Let twthen confider, how .an a6V or judgment of the 



fbule, may bee more forcible , cither by it fcife, or by the 

 multiplication of fuch hejpes, ,as doe coccurre with it. To be- 

 gin with confide- ing the AcVin itlelfe , weknow that the 

 ccrtainett way to meafure the^rength of,is to take a furvey 

 of the force which (hevvcth it feifc inks effect : for th being 

 relatives to one an other, each of them ailcovereth the others 

 nature, Notv,this we will doe after our ordinary rnanner,by 

 comparing the Cpmtuall effects ifluing from a judgement in 

 the foule, to materiall effects proceeding ftom the operations 

 and motions of bodies. In thefe we may obfervethreethings, 

 by which we may eftimate their cfficacioiifnefle : fbmc acti- 

 ons dure a longer time ; others, take up a greater place, and 

 others againe^worke the like effect in a greater place, and in a 

 fliorter time : which laft fort, of all others, do proceed from 

 the mott powerfull, and moft forcible agent?. If then in tbefe 

 confiderations. we compare a fcparated foule taa bociy ; what 

 an infinity of ftrengthfc efficacity^will the meaneft of thofe 

 pure fiibftancc? have, beyond thcmoft power/iilJ and acliv-e 

 body that can bee imagfned in nature ? For wee have already 

 (hewed how a feparated foule comprr hendeth at once, all 

 p f a;e, and all times : fo that , her activity requfrech no appli- 



cation 



